The OED is asking members of the public to explain how it crossed the Atlantic.
Key said he meant "weird" (the OED's definitions include "bright" and slang for "lame").
OED, a mighty work that pursued the changing usages of English through centuries, almost from its birth.
The OED is now expanding the range of pronunciation it encompasses as RP.
OED, written citations tell us who used a word, not where or when (Shakespeare, the Bible, Milton and Spenser excepted).
The OED told the BBC that it was beyond the software engineer's control to determine how the word should be said.
The Concise OED has been in print since 1911 and the new revised eleventh edition contains 240, 000 words, phrases and definitions.
Winchester brings to life the trials and tribulations of creating the OED, particularly the never-dull personalities of those who were involved.
"I would wonder whether the Encarta would water down people's expectations of dictionaries, " says John Simpson, chief editor of the 20-volume OED.
"The humour lies in applying a word which conveys strong emotion to a relatively minor or trivial matter, " says Denny Hilton, the OED's senior assistant editor.
Fe gododd sawl AC effeithiau'r newidiadau ar bobl o dan 35 oed yn byw sy'n rhannu llety, tra gwnaeth AC Gogledd Caerdydd Julie Morgan dynnu sylw at yr effeithiau ar bobl yn byw yng Nghaerdydd a dywedodd y byddai'r toriadau yn effeithio ar ferched sengl ar y bennaf.
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